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If one slew swiftly with sharp sword, the other tormented. As one killed by wind-born pestilence, the other delivered misery.
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Letters of Ted Hughes
― Letters of Ted Hughes
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.”
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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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